How to Draw a Movie Theatre (Easy Step by Step)
You'll learn to draw a movie theatre using simple shapes like rectangles and straight lines. This step-by-step guide helps you add details like a star, ticket window, and doors, perfect for practicing with a ruler.
- Start your movie theatre drawing with basic rectangles and straight lines.
- Add a special touch with a shiny star on top of your theatre.
- Include details like a ticket window and doors to complete your drawing.
- Practice using a ruler to create neat, straight lines for your theatre.
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A movie theatre is a fun drawing because it is mostly rectangles, with one shiny star on top to make it special. You will build it from boxes and straight lines, then add a star, a ticket window, and a pair of doors. It is a great one for kids who like drawing with a ruler or practicing straight lines.
- Easy
- 12 minutes
- 8 steps
You need: paper, a pencil, an eraser, and crayons or markers for coloring.
Start drawing
In this article (7 sections)
How to draw a movie theatre step by step
How to Draw a Movie Theatre · tinyhandscreate.com
Step 1: Guide shapes
Lightly sketch this oval. It only shows where the big parts go, so press softly. You will erase it at the end.
Step 2: The building walls
Draw a big tall U shape for the front of the theatre: a straight line down on the left, a flat line across the bottom, and a straight line up on the right. Leave the top open, because the wide sign will cover it.
Step 3: The wide sign
Draw a long, wide rectangle with soft rounded corners across the top of the walls. It sticks out a little past the walls on both sides, like a hat.
Step 4: The sign boards
On top of the wide sign, draw two tall boxes, one on the left and one on the right. Start each at the sign, go up, and bend across the top. Leave a gap in the middle between them.
Step 5: The shining star
Draw a big star in the middle, between the two boxes. Start at the top point and zigzag down and around, so the star's two feet rest on the wide sign.
Step 6: The ticket window
On the left side of the building, below the wide sign, draw a wide rectangle with rounded corners. This is the window where people buy tickets.
Step 7: The doors
On the right side, draw a tall rectangle that starts at the bottom of the building and goes up until its top lines up with the top of the ticket window. Then draw one straight line down the middle to make two doors.
Step 8: Door handles
Add two small round dots on the doors, one on each side of the middle line. These are the handles for pulling the doors open.
All done!
Erase the guide shapes, go over your lines, then color it in.
Finished your movie theatre? Keep the pencils out and learn how to draw a rocket or how to draw a shooting star next.
Tips for drawing a movie theatre
- Draw the star lightly in pencil first. Make a small dot at the top, two dots for the side points, and two dots for the feet, then connect them.
- The star sits in front of the two boxes. Draw the boxes first, then draw the star over them and erase any box lines that run through the star.
- Draw the doors from the bottom up so the two bottom corners sit flat on the bottom line of the building, and keep the middle line straight.
Free movie theatre coloring page
Want to go straight to coloring? Open this movie theatre coloring page at full size and print it. It is the same drawing you just learned, with clean lines ready for crayons or markers.
How to color your movie theatre drawing
Try a golden yellow star, red doors, and a deep blue sign, like a classic movie night. For a twist, write a movie title on the wide sign and draw a little poster in the ticket window.
Movie theatre fun fact for kids
The first movie theatres were called nickelodeons, because people paid a nickel, which is five cents, to watch a short film. The first one to use the name opened in Pittsburgh in 1905.
Questions about drawing a movie theatre
What shapes do I need to draw a movie theatre?
You need rectangles for the walls, the sign, the two boxes, the window, and the doors. Add a five-pointed star and two small dots for the door handles.
How do I make my movie theatre look more like a real one?
Write a movie name on the wide sign and draw a poster in the ticket window. You can also color the doors a bright color so they stand out.
How do I draw a star that looks even?
Start with a tiny dot at the top and a dot for each of the other four points. Then connect the dots in a zigzag, and erase any extra pencil lines.
